edging

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noun

something that forms or is placed along an edge or border.

Skiing. the tilting of a ski to the side so that one edge cuts into the snow.

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Origin:
1550–60; edge + -ing¹

Related forms

edg·ing·ly, adverb

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noun

a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.

a brink or verge: the edge of a cliff; the edge of disaster.

any of the narrow surfaces of a thin, flat object: a book with gilt edges.

a line at which two surfaces of a solid object meet: an edge of a box.

the thin, sharp side of the blade of a cutting instrument or weapon.

the sharpness proper to a blade: The knife has lost its edge.

sharpness or keenness of language, argument, tone of voice, appetite, desire, etc.: The snack took the edge off his hunger. Her voice had an edge to it.

British Dialect. a hill or cliff.

an improved position; advantage: He gained the edge on his opponent.

10.

Cards.

advantage, especially the advantage gained by being the age or eldest hand.

eldest hand.

11.

Ice Skating. one of the two edges of a skate blade where the sides meet the bottom surface, made sharp by carving a groove on the bottom.

12.

Skiing. one of the two edges on the bottom of a ski that is angled into a slope when making a turn.

verb (used with object)

13.

to put an edge on; sharpen.

14.

to provide with an edge or border: to edge a terrace with shrubbery; to edge a skirt with lace.

15.

to make or force (one's way) gradually by moving sideways.

16.

Metalworking.

to turn (a piece to be rolled) onto its edge.

to roll (a piece set on edge).

to give (a piece) a desired width by passing between vertical rolls.

to rough (a piece being forged) so that the bulk is properly distributed for final forging.

verb (used without object)

17.

to move sideways: to edge through a crowd.

18.

to advance gradually or cautiously: a car edging up to a curb.

Verb phrases

19.

edge in, to insert or work in or into, especially in a limited period of time: Can you edge in your suggestion before they close the discussion?

20.

edge out, to defeat (rivals or opponents) by a small margin: The home team edged out the visitors in an exciting finish.

Idioms

21.

have an edge on, Informal. to be mildly intoxicated with alcoholic liquor: He had a pleasant edge on from the sherry.

22.

on edge,

(of a person or a person's nerves) acutely sensitive; nervous; tense.

impatient; eager: The contestants were on edge to learn the results.

23.

set one's teeth on edge. tooth ( def 21 ).

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English egge, Old English ecg; cognate with German Ecke corner; akin to Latin aciēs, Greek akís point

Related forms

edge·less, adjective

out·edge, verb (used with object), out·edged, out·edg·ing.

un·der·edge, noun

un·edge, verb (used with object), un·edged, un·edg·ing.

Synonyms
1. rim, lip. Edge, border, margin refer to a boundary. An edge is the boundary line of a surface or plane: the edge of a table. Border is the boundary of a surface or the strip adjacent to it, inside or out: a border of lace. Margin is a limited strip, generally unoccupied, at the extremity of an area: the margin of a page.

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World English Dictionary

edge (ɛdʒ)

—n
1.	the border, brim, or margin of a surface, object, etc
2.	a brink or verge: the edge of a cliff; the edge of a breakthrough
3.	maths
	a. a line along which two faces or surfaces of a solid meet
	b. a line joining two vertices of a graph
4.	the sharp cutting side of a blade
5.	keenness, sharpness, or urgency: the walk gave an edge to his appetite
6.	force, effectiveness, or incisiveness: the performance lacked edge
7.	dialect
	a. a cliff, ridge, or hillside
	b. (capital) (in place names): Hade Edge
8.	have the edge on, have the edge over to have a slight advantage or superiority (over)
9.	on edge
	a. nervously irritable; tense
	b. nervously excited or eager
10.	set someone's teeth on edge to make someone acutely irritated or uncomfortable

—vb
11.	(tr) to provide an edge or border for
12.	(tr) to shape or trim (the edge or border of something), as with a knife or scissors: to edge a pie
13.	to push (one's way, someone, something, etc) gradually, esp edgeways
14.	(tr) cricket to hit (a bowled ball) with the edge of the bat
15.	(tr) to tilt (a ski) sideways so that one edge digs into the snow
16.	(tr) to sharpen (a knife, etc)

[Old English ecg; related to Old Norse egg, Old High German ecka edge, Latin aciēs sharpness, Greek akis point]

'edgeless

—*adj*

'edger

—n

edging (ˈɛdʒɪŋ)

—n
1.	anything placed along an edge to finish it, esp as an ornament, fringe, or border on clothing or along a path in a garden
2.	the act of making an edge

—*adj*
3.	relating to or used for making an edge: edging shears

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Word Origin & History

edge

O.E. ecg "corner, edge," also "sword," from P.Gmc. *agjo (cf. O.N. egg, see egg (v.); Ger. Eck "corner"), from PIE base *ak- "sharp, pointed" (cf. L. acies, Gk. akis "point;" see acrid). Spelling development of O.E. -cg to M.E. -gg to Mod.E. -dge

represents a widespread shift in pronunciation. To get the edge on (someone) is U.S. colloquial, first recorded 1911. Edge city is from Joel Garreau's 1992 book of that name. Razor's edge as a perilous narrow path translates Gk. epi xyrou akmes.

edge

"to move edgeways (with the edge toward the spectator), advance slowly," 1620s, originally nautical, from edge (n.). The verb meaning "urge on, incite" (16c.) usually is a mistake for egg (v.).

edging

1570s, "the putting of a border," from edge. Meaning "a border" is from 1660s; that of "the trimming of lawn edges" is from 1858.

Slang Dictionary

edge definition

n.
drunkenness; the early stage of intoxication from alcohol or drugs. (See also have an edge on.) : She was beginning to show a little edge, but she obviously still could drive.

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In fact, the two countries have been edging closer for years-for reasons of

pure realpolitik.

Distinct yellow edging to flight feathers and tail, conspicuous in flight and

on folded wing.

Edging is one of the four fundamentals of inline skating, along with pressure,

balance and rotation.

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clean the water.

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"Soon my companions were lost to my sight behind the mountain ridge in my rear, which still seemed ever retreating before me, and I climbed alone over huge rocks, loosely poised, a mile or more, still edging toward the clouds; for though the day was clear elsewhere, the summit was concealed by mist. The mountain seemed a vast aggregation of loose rocks, as if some time it had rained rocks, and they lay as they fell on the mountain sides, nowhere fairly at rest, but leaning on each other, all rocking stones, with cavities between, but scarcely any soil or smoother shelf. They were the raw materials of a planet dropped from an unseen quarry, which the vast chemistry of nature would anon work up, or work down, into the smiling and verdant plains and valleys of earth. This was the undone extremity of the globe; as in lignite we see coal in the process of formation."

-Henry David Thoreau